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SKEGO - The ussell Road
Community Club revived an old tradit
ion of the orth u egon community
ith th Community Fun Day held
July 21.
Each year in the 1950's this day as
an annual e nt but was dropped. The
Reethspuffer .I.A. promoted the day
on year and ain it w dropped
until this year ' e nt. The club intends
to eep thi an on going e ent from now
on.
The purpo of th club i to exchange
lfe kill such as quilting, crocheting,
cooking, food pre rvation and garden
ing.
Each year the club raffel a group
made product at th annual dinner of
the Re thspuffer eighborhood Inp.
n. This year beautiful" fghan"
will be raffled off.
All member are handling raffel
ticket. Anyone interested may call
744-3644. Officers are aggie Jon s,
president; Vivan oore, tre urer; Clara
Bett , . ant tre urer; Henrietta
Lyon, cretary .
The committee that made the arrange
m nt for the "Fun Day" ere: Joann
Bett, chairperson; aggie Jone, co
chairperson; and Dora Betts and Vivian
oore.
At the Fun Day there were vario
e ent held for all a e and prize ere
wuded to the winners.
inners of the Break Dancing ere
elvin Williams and Irving Brown.
Andrian Cotton w coordinator.
DOUBLE DUTCH Jump winners were
es 4-6 yrs, - Delnettra Betts; 8-10
yn. - Daha Hunter; 11-13 yrs. - Che-
na E ; 14-18 yrs. - Satin illiams;
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and adults - aggie Jone. Coordinator
was anda Bridg .
BIKE RODEO winners were R' on
Betts Debra Betts, Chris Bett and
Delnettia Bett. Coordinator w Tom
aden.
TRACK EVE TS - Coordinator was
Felicia Evans. W�ers were: . Age
2 to 3 yrs. - Dante Agnew; ages 5 to 6
yrs. - Troy Thoma ; age 7 to 8 yrs. -
Keesha Bett ; boy 7 to 9 yrs. - Terrell
Reed; gir 9 to 12 - Rerneeka CharI ;
boy 10 to 12 - Vel Jordan; boys 13 to
15 - Lynn oore: and adults - obel
Williams and Cha . umipseed.
SAC C S coordinator w
y Bett . innen ere: a 5 to 7 -
arcus Hunter d roy Thomas; 8 to
II - Jewell Clar and Lenetti Agnew;
12 to 14 - Lynn oore and Kenny
Green.
Children' ctiviti included Finger
painting, art wor , chec er tournament.
Geneva Williams w coordin tor. Win
ners includ d Shante Agne, musical
chair; Monica Clark, drawing; and
Kenny Gre n, ch en.
Urban 'Gardening
in Muskegon
MUSKEGO - Urban Gardening is
becoming popular. People are purchas
ing vacant lots djacent to their home
or in the block they live in.
The garden are miniture truck
farm they gro quite a variety of
egtables in large quanities.
The reason? It's more than a hobby.
It is a resurgence of that almost lost
condition called SELF SUFFIE CY.
In ddition to the nutrional value of
those fresh vegtables, Urban F arming is
one tool that can be u d to comb t
profiteering by food brokers and cor
poration-owned gtable plantations.
Hester Lee Smith a Jr. 4-H leader in
arts and crafts. Smith ju t returned
from a trip to Lansing to become aquaint
ed with the proce of State Govern
ment and then accompanied 34 4-H
member to Washington D.C. to stud
the federal governm nt. .
Gladys Smith of 487 Abbey i th
volunteer co-ordinator for the arquett
eighborhood Urban Farmin project.
The 17 farnilie participating in this
garden project supplement their bud et
by eating the fresh vegtables and freezing
or canning the surplus.
The coordinator . responsible for
allocating sp ce on the ba of 3 lots per
family and 1 or 2 lots to an individual
and supervised the di tribution of the
ed and plant provided by the 4-H
office. The supervisor a1 0 i r onsible
for ground preparation.
(See etu on P e 10
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